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The second Amazon Prime Day sales event of the year is almost over, but there are still discounts to be had on MacBooks, Windows laptops, and various PC accessories. Like previous Prime Big Deal Days, this sale runs for two days (ending Thursday, October 9th, at 3AM ET / 12AM PT) and requires a Prime membership to qualify for most discounts. Some sale prices are open to anyone, and competing sales from Best Buy and other retailers often match or beat the discounts on Amazon without requiring a subscription.
If you’re shopping for a laptop and are unable to wait for potentially bigger sales during Black Friday, this may be a good opportunity to save what you can now. We’ve been perusing the deals across our wide range of October Prime Day coverage, and here are the best ones we’ve found on laptops we’ve either directly tested or feel comfortable recommending. They include solid sales on Apple, HP, Microsoft, Lenovo, Asus, and others.
The best MacBook deals
13-inch MacBook Air with M2 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD is $699 ($100 off) at The two-generations-oldprocessor, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD is $699 ($100 off) at Best Buy . It’s still a great machine today that will last years, but if you can squeeze the extra 100 bones for the M4 model, I think it’s worth it in the long-run.
M4 Mac Mini is — especially on sale for $499 ($100 off) at While not a laptop, there’s no denying how good theis — especially on sale for $499 ($100 off) at Amazon and Best Buy . It was $30 cheaper in the summer, but if you already have a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to use there’s no better value for a powerful little desktop. Read our review
Best Windows laptop deals
Best gaming laptop deals
Blade 14 laptop for 2025 is on sale at Read our review of its larger Blade 16 sibling. Razer’s smallerlaptop for 2025 is on sale at Amazon for $1,899.99 ($100 off). It may not be a huge discount, but it’s the Blade 14’s best deal yet. You can get it in black or white with a 14-inch 2880 x 1800 / 120Hz OLED, RTX 5070 GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 AI 365 CPU, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD. It’s a fair amount of power for a compact and travel-friendly laptop that isn’t strictly just for gaming.
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